Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 08:00:42 03/31/02
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On March 31, 2002 at 00:24:31, Tina Long wrote: >On March 31, 2002 at 00:04:10, Jerry Doby wrote: > >>How do we know that these side matches between humans and computers are honest? >>If a match is not official with a company of repute will we add these matces to >>chris carsons list? Does the body of CCC accept such matches? I say that I am a >>troll to keep someoneelse from saying it, since everything i say is labeled a >>troll, I thought i might save someone the trouble. > >I have the utmost respect for Grandmasters. They have immense talent & they >work very very hard to achieve the best Rating & Championships that they can. >Most of the top Grandmasters Eat & Sleep Chess, 24/7. > >Thus the concept of these people Throwing Matches is quite foreign to me. Their >own self esteem would stop them from such public humiliation. Their whole >Career rests on winning chess games to get invitations to bigger & better chess >tournaments. > >Only a real loser, who believed his career was ending & beyond redemption, would >throw games to a computer for money. I believe every Chess Grandmaster does Not >see themselves in that way. > >I think if you respect these people you believe in their honesty, and if you >don't respect them then you doubt their results, which tarnishes all match and >tournament results, from Chris's list all the way up to the current World >Champions. > >I may be nieve to have such faith in Chess Grandmasters, but it is a much more >pleasant life than to be constantly doubting the integrity of game match & >tournament results. > >Tina Long So basicly what you say is it is much easier to believe in lies then in the threuth. This maybe a fact but.. Not an good argument. Regards Marc
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